Tag Archives: Rome

The Legend of the Roman Founding Twins

April 21, 753 BCE @ 9:00 am local time As legend would have it, Romulus and Remus found Rome. (OK. That sounds just like something written in 1066 and All That. But you get what I mean.) Along the way, … Continue reading

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Have We Learned Anything from History?

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964). Today, in 193 AD, Pertinax, the successor to Emperor Commodus, was killed, triggering what would become known as the Year of Five Emperors. Because the United States of America is loosely based on … Continue reading

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